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Episodes

June 14, 2026

Summer Home Education: Letting Go of the Pressure (and Trusting Real-…

In this chatty catch-up episode, Kelly Rigg and Ashley Vanerio reflect on what home education can look like as summer approaches — when clubs pause, routines shift, and the calendar suddenly feels wide open. Together, they ex...

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May 31, 2026

Topic Challenge: Thoughts and Feelings, Fostering Emotional Maturity …

Welcome back to The BIG Home Ed Conversations Podcast with Kelly Rigg and Ashley Vanerio. This week’s topic: Feelings and journaling (real life edition) We recorded in the middle of a heatwave, so we’re talking dysregulation,...

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May 24, 2026

Town Planning & Street Furniture (Home Education UK Topic Challenge)

In this episode of The BIG Home Ed Conversations Podcast, Kelly and Ashley continue their weekly home education UK “topic challenge” — choosing a theme and exploring it with their children through real-life learning, conversa...

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May 17, 2026

Special Guest: Jenn Hodge Interview: The Children’s Wellbeing and Sch…

In this episode of The BIG Home Ed Conversations Podcast, Kelly shares a powerful interview with Jenn Hodge, founder of Doing Education Differently. Jenn is a leading voice in neurodiversity and education reform, and has been...

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May 10, 2026

Topic Challenge: Lesser Known Sports (Weird & Wonderful Games, What C…

In this episode of The BIG Home Ed Conversations Podcast, Kelly and Ashley explore this week’s “topic from the hat” challenge: lesser known sports. They start by going down the rabbit hole of strange and wonderful sports fr...

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May 3, 2026

Topic Challenge: Food Around the World

Welcome back to another episode of the BIG Home Ed Conversations Podcast. Kelly and Ashley are continuing Season 5’s “topic from a hat” home education challenge — where they pick a theme, explore it with their kids for the we...

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April 26, 2026

Topic Challenge: Capital Allocation & Investment with Kids

Welcome back to the BIG Home Ed Conversations Podcast. In this episode, Kelly and Ashley share how they tackled a surprisingly big topic with their kids: capital allocation and investing — including spending vs saving, risk, ...

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April 19, 2026

Season 5 - Welcome Back! New Season, New Topic, New Sponsor!

Welcome back to Season 5 of the BIG Home Ed Conversations Podcast. In this short “we’re back!” episode, Kelly Rigg (home ed mum of two, qualified mindset + ADHD coach) and Ashley Vanerio (home ed mum of three, former primary ...

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